Need some understanding with these tenses

彼はそれを見せ物にして、これまで旅を続けてきた。

Could I get some help on this line? I believe it says something like he showed that on past journeys.

Feedback?
 
Could someone shed some light on this sentence for me? It says something about Misuzu's mom and something or the way she acts being normal, I believe.

自堕落な失活を常とする、みすずの母親。
 
Taiga_Shinjiro said:
彼はそれを見せ物にして、これまで旅を続けてきた。

Could I get some help on this line? I believe it says something like he showed that on past journeys.

Feedback?
I haven't been keeping up with the thread, but anyway this line in particular says "He made it a show and until now, has continued travelling."
 
Taiga_Shinjiro said:
Sorry to keep asking so many questions, but I guess this is what this board is for.

この暑いのによくまあ。少しくらいれたって文句言わない
んだから歩いてきなよ。

In this phrase here what does the following in bold mean? What tenses are these that are underlined?
I can't explain the grammar very satisfactorily, but if you want a simple translation I think that would be "Although it's often hot, since
(someone) doesn't complain about my being a little late, I walk."
 
Taiga_Shinjiro said:
この暑いのによくまあ。少しくらいれたって文句言わない
んだから歩いてきなよ。
Perhaps, "you" were running.
おそらく「あなた」は走っていました。


この暑いのによくまあ。
=I not think that usually everyone runs because it is a hot day(, but you are running).
=こんな暑い日に、普通は誰も走ったりしないと思うのです(が、あなたは走っていますね)。

少しくらい遅れたって文句言わないんだから歩いてきなよ。
=Waiting person doesn't complain to you if you were only a little late. So how about you walk to the destination?
=あなたが少し遅かっただけなら、待ち人はあなたに文句を言いません。だからあなたは目的地まで歩いてはどうですか?
 
…幾層もの雲を抜けてゆく。

What tense is this in bold and how do you form it?

Ok, I found out its the -te form. What function does the -te for have, and also what does the yuku after it mean as well? What tense is it? (Past, Present? etc...)
 
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抜けて comes most likely from verb 抜ける (to escape,to come out), which is a verb from class that includes only -る ending verbs. (though not all -る ending verbs belong to this group). I'm not really sure what this group is called in japanese.

In this case it is as simple as dropping る and inserting て.


For the rest of the questions, while I have some idea I'm not sure enough.

ゆく could be alternative way to write いく as in 行く.

Note, it could be.
 
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